ICTV at the Paris ICV: Results of the Plenary Session and the Binomial Ballot
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2254 Virology Division News Arch Virol (2002) 147: 2254–2260 VDNVirology Division News ICTV at the Paris ICV: Results of the Plenary Session and the Binomial Ballot M. A. Mayo (ICTV Secretary) Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, U.K. The Plenary Session The Plenary Session of ICTV took place at the International Congress of Virology in Paris on 30th July 2002. It was attended by around 100 virologists from at least 22 different countries. The business consisted of : 1. Report by the President (Marc van Regenmortel) The President reported that since the previous (Sydney) Plenary session, the 7th ICTV Report had been published [3]. Unfortunately it was about a year late, a situation not of ICTV’s making, but had since sold about 1300 copies. The major change was that English names had been adopted as the names of species, reflecting the use of English as the international language of virology. He emphasized that ICTV does not invent common (vernacular) names for viruses. Since 1999 there had been two interim meetings of the Executive Committee and publication in Virology Division News had continued to be the principal medium of communication with the virology community. The ICTV is committed to publishing an 8th ICTV Report, with a current target date of Summer 2004. There had been significant procedural changes since 1999. There is now greater consultation with virologists both within and outside ICTV. Taxonomic proposals are now routinely published on the ICTVnet (www.danforthcenter.org/iltab/ictvnet) and comments are invited. These are considered by proposers and the EC before the final proposals are passed to the ICTV membership for approval. A novelty implemented at the Congress was a consultation concerning the use of a non- latinized binomial nomenclature for species names. The results will be considered by the EC when deciding what action to take. In response to questions about the voting procedures used at the Plenary Session, the President assured those present that these were as laid down in the Statutes of ICTV [3] (and had been since at least 1996). He stated that it was possible to amend the Statutes by making a proposal to the EC. Virology Division News 2255 2. Election of the new Executive Committee (EC) Nominations had been received for vacant positions and there were 9 nominations for the 8 vacancies for elected members. The Nominations subcommittee of the EC, acting as required by Statute, arranged a slate in which there was a contest between two plant virologists (Drs L Bos and HJ Vetten) for one of the vacancies. The election was won by Dr H. J. Vetten. The new ICTV Executive Committee is: Officers President L. A. Ball Vice-President J. Maniloff Secretaries C. M. Fauquet; M. A. Mayo Subcommittee Chairs A. A. Brunt (viruses of plants) A. J. Della-Porta (virus database) R. W. Hendrix (viruses of prokaryotes) B. I. Hillman (viruses of fungi and algae) D. J. McGeoch (viruses of vertebrates) J. M. Vlak (viruses of invertebrates) Elected members L. Blaine H. Brüssow E. B. Carstens U. Desselberger A.-L. Haenni A. M. Q. King A. C. Palmenberg H. J. Vetten The President thanked the outgoing EC members (Drs M. Estes, C. Ward and D. H. Bamford) for their work for ICTV during their 6 year tenures and welcomed the new members present to the EC. 3. Reports by Subcommittee Chairs There were brief reports concerning the activities of each of the six Subcommittees. These were followed by the presentation of taxonomic proposals. These received unanimous approval, except that from the Adenoviridae Study Group, which was passed by 26 votes to 1. The proposals that are now accepted taxonomic changes were: Vertebrate Virus Subcommittee Filoviridae Study Group 2002.V034. 05: To change the species name Marburg virus to the species name Lake Victoria marburgvirus. 2002.V035. 05: To change the former species name Zaire Ebola virus to Zaire ebola- virus 2256 Virology Division News 2002.V036. 05: To change the former species name Cote d’Ivoire Ebola virus to Ivory Coast ebolavirus. 2002.V037. 05: To change the former species name Reston Ebola virus to Reston ebola- virus 2002.V038. 05: To change the former species name Sudan Ebola virus to Sudan ebola- virus 2002.V039. 05: To replace the temporary genus names “Marburg-like viruses” and “Ebola-like viruses”, with the names Marburgvirus and Ebolavirus respectively. Retroviridae Study Group 2002.V043. 05: To create two subfamilies within the family Retroviridae. The first one would contain the six genera: Alpharetrovirus, Betaretrovirus, Gamma- retrovirus, Deltaretrovirus, Epsilonretrovirus and Lentivirus. The sec- ond one would contain a single genus, Spumavirus. 2002.V044. 05: To name the first subfamily Orthoretrovirinae 2002.V045. 05: To name the second subfamily Spumaretrovirinae. 2002.V046. 05: To incorporate the genera Alpharetrovirus, Betaretrovirus, Gamma- retrovirus, Deltaretrovirus, Epsilonretrovirus and Lentivirus, currently genera of the family Retroviridae, within the new subfamily Orthoretro- virinae. 2002.V047. 05: To incorporate the genus Spumavirus, currently a genus of the family Retroviridae, within the new subfamily Spumaretrovirinae. 2002.V048. 05: To designate Simian foamy virus as the new type species of the genus Spumavirus instead of Chimpanzee foamy virus, now a strain of the species Simian foamy virus. 2002.V049. 05: To incorporate in the species Simian foamy virus, the new type species of the genus Spumavirus, the strains Chimpanzee foamy virus, Simian foamy virus 1 and Simian foamy virus 3, previously listed as species in the genus Spumavirus. Adenoviridae Study Group 2002.V050. 05: To create species Ovine adenovirus D (OAdV-D) to contain ovine adenovirus 7 (OAdV-7, isolate OAV287). 2002.V051. 05: To create species Bovine adenovirus D to contain bovine adenovirus 4. 2002.V052. 05: To create species Possum adenovirus to contain possum adenovirus 1 (PoAdV-1). 2002.V053. 05: To create species Duck adenovirus A to contain duck adenovirus 1 (DAdV-1, syn. egg drop syndrome virus). 2002.V054. 05: To create a new genus within the family Adenoviridae. 2002.V055. 05: To name the genus proposed in 2002.V054.02: Atadenovirus. 2002.V056. 05: To assign species Ovine adenovirus D, Bovine adenovirus D, Duck adenovirus A, and Possum adenovirus to genus Atadenovirus. 2002.V057. 05: To designate Ovine adenovirus D (OAdV-7) to be the type species of the genus Atadenovirus. Virology Division News 2257 2002.V058. 05: To create species Frog adenovirus to contain frog adenovirus 1 (FrAdV-1). 2002.V059. 05: To create species Turkey adenovirus A to contain turkey adenovirus 3 (TAdV-3, syn., hemorrhagic enteritis virus, marble spleen disease virus). 2002.V060. 05: To create a new genus within the family Adenoviridae. 2002.V061. 05: To name the new genus created in 2002.V060.02: Siadenovirus. 2002.V062. 05: To assign species Frog adenovirus and Turkey adenovirus A to genus Siadenovirus. 2002.V063. 05: To designate Frog adenovirus to be the type species of the genus Siadenovirus. Astroviridae Study Group 2002.V064. 05: To remove the unique genus Astrovirus from the family Astroviridae. 2002.V065. 05: To create two new genera in the family Astroviridae. 2002.V066. 05: To name the first genus Mamastrovirus. 2002.V067. 05: To assign Human astrovirus (HAstV) as the type species of the genus named in 2002.V066.02. 2002.V068. 05: To assign all the astroviruses infecting mammals to the genus Mamas- trovirus including: Bovine astrovirus (BAstV), Feline astrovirus (FAstV), Human astrovirus (HAstV), Ovine astrovirus (OAstV), and Porcine astrovirus (PAstV). 2002.V069. 05: To name the second genus Avastrovirus. 2002.V070. 05: To assign Turkey astrovirus (TAstV) as the type species of the genus named in 2002.V069.02. 2002.V071. 05: To assign all the astroviruses infecting avians to the genus Avastrovirus including: Duck astrovirus (DAstV), Turkey astrovirus (TAstV), and Avian nephritis virus (ANV). Circoviridae Study Group 2002.V022. 05: To recognise Porcine circovirus 1 and 2 (PCV1, PCV2) as separate species in the genus Circovirus. 2002.V023. 05: To classify Pigeon circovirus (PiCV) as a new member of the genus Circovirus. 2002.V024. 05: To classify Goose circovirus (GoCV) as an additional member of the genus Circovirus. 2002.V025. 05: To classify Canary circovirus (CaCV) as an additional species of the genus Circovirus. Invertebrate Virus Subcommittee Dicistroviridae Study Group 2002.I095. 05: To create a new genus of invertebrate-infecting viruses that have RNA genomes and small isometric virions; the genus is not assigned to any family, but is closely related to the family Dicistroviridae. 2258 Virology Division News 2002.I096. 05: To name this new genus Iflavirus. 2002.I097. 05: To assign the species Infectious flacherie virus (IFV) as the type species of the genus Iflavirus. 2002.I098. 05: To assign Sacbrood virus (SBV) and Perina nuda virus (PnV) as species in the genus Iflavirus. 2002.I099. 05: To recognize Taura syndrome virus (TSV) as a species in the genus Cripavirus (family Dicistroviridae). Plant Virus Subcommittee Luteoviridae Study Group 2002.P081. 05: To reclassify current Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV strains in two different virus species. Strains with coat proteins similar to that of isolate PAV-Aus would remain in Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV, while those with coat proteins similar to that of isolate PAV-129 would become Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAS. 2002.P082. 05: To classify the non-beet-infecting strains of Beet western yellows virus as a separate species in the genus Polerovirus, to be named Turnip yellows virus. 2002.P083. 05: To include Beet chlorosis virus as a new species in genus Polerovirus. Fungus Virus Subcommittee Narnaviridae Study Group 2002.F114. 05: To designate Ophiostoma mitovirus 3a as a member of the genus Mito- virus. 2002.F115. 05: To designate Ophiostoma mitovirus 4 as a member of the genus Mito- virus.